Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
On November 2, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2017 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, its annual rule finalizing payment policy and rates effective January 1, 2017.
The Dec. 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes a letter to the editor from AASM leadership in response to a report from the Sleep Apnea Cardiovascular Endpoints (SAVE) study.
Recent news coverage of sleep-related topics has included comments and remarks from AASM members who have helped raise awareness of the importance of healthy sleep.
The AASM reminds sleep facilities and independent sleep practices that beginning Jan. 1, 2017, the AASM will only accept accreditation and reaccreditation applications corresponding to the updated 2016 Standards for Accreditation, which were released in June.
The APSS Program Committee is soliciting proposals for sessions at SLEEP 2017 including postgraduate courses, bench to bedside sessions, clinical workshops, discussion groups, symposia, and rapid-fire symposia.
The initial certification examination in sleep medicine and the maintenance of certification (MOC) exam in sleep medicine will be offered on Nov. 20, 2017, by six member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
Join staff experts for a live demo of the AASM Inter-scorer Reliability sleep study scoring assessment system on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. Eastern.
In a special Life & Career Q&A for AMA Wire, AASM President-Elect Dr. Ilene Rosen describes for young physicians both the realities and the unique benefits of specializing in sleep medicine.
AASM members can now download a free copy of the new resource, "A Handbook for Optimizing EHR Use in Sleep Medicine."
You are invited to submit an abstract or session proposal for SLEEP 2017, held June 3-7, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.